Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Issue of June 28, 2021

12 articles in this issue.


Thermonuclear Heads-Up by Frederick Frankenberg — Cover story fiction conflict

Frederick Frankenberg is a recent graduate with a BA in Creative Writing from SUNY New Paltz and an AS in Engineering. He has been published in Little Old Lady, Purple Wall Stories, and ShortStory.me.

Fiction Girl by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...Change is a choice where your energy flows..."

Law Is Supreme! by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...The easy way to get money...

Rebirth by Chaitali Sengupta — Poem unrhymed

Chaitali is a published writer, translator, language teacher, and volunteer journalist from the Netherlands. Her first prose poem collection "Cross- Stitched words" (Setu publication, Pittsburgh, USA) was published in 2021.

Rise and Shine by Dan Holt — Poem unrhymed

"...no time to waste on a dirty glass...

Stuck in the Middle by Linnet Phoenix — Poem unrhymed

"...What if we agree to only fall into us..."

the bing and the bong by Paul Tanner — Poem unrhymed

"...mouth yapping and his finger wagging..."

where we stand, or where we kneel by John Sweet — Poem unrhymed

"...do you really need reasons for your actions..."

Wounds Will Be Left by Rp Verlaine — Poem unrhymed

"...trying to remember her..."

Place Settings 30 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family

Lolo is safely at work, and a rainy day makes Gloria think about food...

Further into the Darkness 3 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Having established her supremacy over the witch and the werewolf, Bethany still has to keep an eye on Harry...

The Spring Awakening by Paweł Markiewicz — Sonnet

"...Springtide be primeval home of Naiads!..."

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